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An & a container ship collided off the NE coast of , acc/to emergency responders, who scrambled to the scene on Monday morning. Initial images shared by the BBC showed fire & thick black smoke rising from the ships.

The British said it was “coordinating the emergency response to reports of a collision between a tanker & cargo vessel off the coast of ,” & that an alarm was first raised at 9:48AM local time.


nytimes.com/2025/03/10/world/e

The New York Times · Oil Tanker and Container Ship Collide in the North SeaBy Megan Specia

Rescue helicopters were in the area, & lifeboats were deployed from a number of stations along the coast, as well as vessels w/ “firefighting capability,” the coast guard said in a statement.

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a charity that coordinates lifeboats around the British coast, said there were reports “that a number of people had abandoned the vessels following a collision & there were fires on both ships.”

Information from Marine Traffic, a website that tracks vessels, appeared to show the Stena Immaculate, a flagged , & the Solong, a container ship sailing under the Portuguese flag, on an intersecting route surrounded by emergency response vessels just off the coast of the mouth of the River , near .

32 people have been brought ashore after a cargo vessel collided w/an in the , a port boss says

All crew on the tanker US are safe & accounted for, the shipping company tells the BBC

>20 people were onboard the tanker - we do not know the condition of the others brought ashore

Video shows thick smoke billowing out from the tanker, with reports of a "massive fireball" being seen


bbc.com/news/live/cgq1pwjlqq2t

BBC NewsNorth Sea tanker: Ship carrying sodium cyanide hit tanker transporting jet fuel for US militaryIt is not clear if the sodium cyanide has entered the water, but jet fuel is spilling into the North Sea.

The -flagged appears to have been hit while at anchor by the Portuguese-flagged container , according to tracking data analysed by BBC Verify

The Stena Immaculate is one of just 10 vessels the uses to carry its during conflicts or emergencies; there's no indication of how it was being used at the time of the crash

logistics firm Crowley, which is the operator & joint owner of the MV , says the vessel was carrying when it was hit by the in the at approximately 10:00 GMT.

All of its crew of >20 are now safe & accounted for - but there are fears that jet fuel is now pouring into the .

Nonilex

In a statement, the Florida based company said: “A fire occurred as a result of the allision, & was reported released. The crew abandoned the vessel following multiple explosions onboard. All Crowley mariners are safe & fully accounted for.”

The was owned by the govt. That’s consistent w/the vessel being part of a US govt program designed to supply the armed forces w/fuel during times of armed conflict or national emergency.

The says it is assessing the "likely" counter- response required following the collision.

"The incident remains ongoing & an assessment of the likely counter pollution response required is being enacted," a UK Coastguard spokesperson says, as the incident off the east coast of continues.

spills into the have the potential to have significant impacts for , & have been responsible for the some of the worst disasters in the .

The SS Torrey Canyon ran aground in Cornwall in 1967 which led to >100k tons of crude oil being spilt into the English Channel, killing thousands of sea birds.
The size of the spill, weather & sea conditions, & the type of oil being carried play a big role in the outcomes for .